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Shirvan, East Caucasus, prayer rug, 60-1/2" x 41", wool on wool, black ground with red, yellow, green, cream, violet, brown and gold. Early 20th century. Provenance: the collection of Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Slaymaker, Nashville, Tennessee. Purchased from Joseph Shaia Oriental Rug Co., Williamsburg, VA and Franklin, TN in 1978. CONDITION: Even low pile. Approximately […]

Antique Bidjov rug, Northeast Caucasus, 61-1/2" x 48-1/2", wool on wool, dark blue ground, ivory primary border, secondary colors of blues, rust, salmon, gold and green. Late 19th/early 20th c. Provenance: the collection of Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Slaymaker, Nashville, Tennessee. Purchased from Ro's Oriental Rugs, Nashville, TN in 1994. CONDITION: Overall good condition. Some […]

Antique Talish area rug, 86" x 43", plain navy blue center field, cream primary border with flower medallions, secondary colors of rust, taupe, green, blues, salmon, yellow and black. Southeast Caucasus, late 19th century. Provenance: the collection of Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Slaymaker, Nashville, Tennessee. Purchased from Ro's Oriental Rugs, Nashville, TN in 1990. CONDITION: […]

Pair of German Black Forest carved wood roe deer head mounts, both with inset brown glass eyes, painted and stained accents. Illegible pencil description to the base of one. 22 1/4" H x 9" W x 10" D. Late 19th/Early 20th century. Provenance: The estate of John Donnelly, Nashville, TN. CONDITION: Minor scattered abrasions, minor […]

Archive of nineteen (19) documents related to William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941), 46th United States Secretary of the Treasury and United States Senator from California. 1st-16th item: Sixteen (16) TLS from William Gibbs McAdoo, dated 1911-1918. Many of the letters pertain to Woodrow Wilson's 1912 and 1916 presidential campaigns. Four letters on Secretary of the Treasury […]

Archive of fourteen (14) President Woodrow Wilson era items. 1st item: President Woodrow Wilson and Attorney General James Clark McReynolds (1862-1946) signed appointment, dating July 10, 1913, naming Lewis M. Coleman of Tennessee "Attorney of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Tennessee…for the term of four years…". 16" H x 19 […]

Three (3) Tennessee Centennial memorabilia items. 1st item: Silhouette depicting President William McKinley with the captions "Exposition Souvenir — Nashville Centennial Tennessee" and "taken from life June 12, 1897", above and below the image. Signed "Baj B." lower right. Housed under glass in a black painted frame with gilt wood rabbet edge. Sight – 5 […]

Kentucky and Tennessee Map, Civil War letter, and receipt, 3 items total. 1st item: "Map of the States of Kentucky and Tennessee," engraved by J. H. Young, published by Samuel A. Mitchell, Philadelphia, 1845. From the "Tourist Pocket Map" series by Samuel A. Mitchell. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring of Kentucky and Tennessee depicting […]

4 green blown and cut glass hock goblets, oral history of having been used during events related to the Marquis de Lafayette's visit to Nashville, Tennessee in 1825. Each with flared rim over a cut paneled bowl, octagonal cut stem and round foot with polished pontil. Each goblet varies slightly from the other. Two measure […]